Personal Development Curriculum

Hardwick Green Primary Academy

Personal Development Curriculum

Personal Development at Hardwick Green:

Our curriculum extends far beyond the academic, to allow pupils to develop in many diverse aspects of life. This is encapsulated in our Personal Development Curriculum.

We aim to ensure that, over their time at Hardwick Green, learners receive a Personal Development programme that gives them the knowledge that they need to make decisions, to strengthen them personally and to allow them to develop their character and personality. We provide these rich experiences in a coherently planned way, in the curriculum and through extra-curricular activities.

At Hardwick Green, there are four key drivers that underpin our Personal Development approach:

 Healthy & safe behaviours

 Awareness of the world

 Character development

 British Values

Healthy & safe behaviours include our PSHE curriculum, Relationship Education, Sex Education, Physical Health, Mental Wellbeing and Wider Aspects of Safety.

Awareness of the world includes Economic Understanding, Understanding Media and Technology and Spiritual, Moral, Social and Cultural development.

Character development includes development of children’s own character and personality, our RESPECT values framework, children’s behaviour and wider opportunities for children to engage with.

British Values includes Democracy, Rule of Law, Respect & Tolerance and Individual Liberty.

Personal Development Curriculum Overview:

Some areas of our personal development approach are taught through subjects with their own curriculum, e.g. our PSHE curriculum, or the online safety strand of our Computing curriculum. Other aspects are taught discretely. The following table illustrates which aspects are taught through which approach.

Aspect of Personal Development Integrated area of wider school curriculum Discrete personal development curriculum

Healthy & Safe Behaviours

Including; Relationship Education, Sex Education, Physical Health, Mental Wellbeing, Wider Safety

 Jigsaw PSHE curriculum – Healthy Me, Relationships, Changing Me

 Rising Stars PE curriculum

 Computing Curriculum – online safety strand

 Whole-school mental health approach, including Thrive

 OPAL (Outdoor Play And Learning)

 Living Streets Travel Tracker

Awareness of the world

Including; Economic Understanding, Understanding Media and Technology, Spiritual, Social, Moral, Cultural

 Jigsaw PSHE curriculum – Dreams & Goals

 Discovery RE Curriculum

 Individual, ongoing subject contribution to SMSC (see statements)

 School visits programme, including virtual visits through Immersive Classroom

 ‘Fifty famous faces’ across the curriculum

 Hardwick Green Literary Cannon

Character

Including; development of character, confidence and resilience, citizenship, wider opportunities

 Jigsaw PSHE curriculum – Being Me In My World, Celebrating Difference,

 RESPECT values

 Commando Joes curriculum (based on the RESPECT framework)

 School Behaviour Curriculum and three rules

 Extra-curricular clubs programme

 Instrument tuition programme

 Christmas performances & other performances (e.g. music)

 My Happy Mind – Mental Health Curriculum

 Anti-bullying week, including workshops with Bigfoot Education – November

 E-safety day – February

 NSPCC Pants

 NSPCC Speak Out Stay Safe

 Physical safeguarding curriculum (Sun safety, fire safety, firework safety, water safety, railway safety, road safety)

 St John’s Ambulance First Aid (KS2)

 Bikeability Training (Y5 and Y6)

 NHS Toothbrushing scheme (EYFS)

 Living Streets – Walk To School Challenge

 Summer safety assembly from Cleveland Fire Brigade

 Philosophy 4 Children (also develops Character and British Values)

 Picture News Monday Morning Assemblies

 Daily BBC Newsround

 Weekly ‘Lyfta Time’ (UKS2)

 Inspiring Futures Project – Teesside Charity (KS2)

 E-safety day – February

 Christmas Theatre Visit – December

British Values

Including; Democracy, Rule of Law, Respect & Tolerance,

 Jigsaw PSHE curriculum – Being Me In My World, Celebrating Difference

 Individual, ongoing subject contribution to British Values (see

 100 things you’ll do across the curriculum

 Residential Programme – Whitby (Y4), PGL (Y5) and Paris, France (Y6)

 Charity opportunities e.g. Comic Relief, Children In Need

 Character opportunities passport

 Pupil leadership roles (sport leaders, digital leaders, Eco-club, librarians, play leaders)

 Chess Curriculum (Year 5 and 6)

 After-school and extra-curricular opportunities

 Picture News Monday Morning Assemblies

 Weekly ‘Lyfta Time’ (UKS2)

 British Values & citizenship discrete curriculum

Individual Liberty. This also includes elements of citizenship. statements)

 Discovery RE Curriculum

 Smart School Council

 Black History Month study

 Pride & Diversity week study

Personal Development Long Term Plan:

Safe behaviours: NSPCC PANTS (EYFS & KS1)

Discrete personal development curriculum (wider curriculum time)

SJA: First Aid (KS2)

Fire & Firework safety

British Values: Democracy (KS2)

Character: Anti-Bullying

Safe behaviours: NSPCC Speak Out Stay Safe

British Values: Discrimination (KS2)

British Values: Rule of law – the big legal lesson (2025-2026)

Safe behaviours: Clever Never Goes – Safety around unknown people

Jigsaw (PSHE lesson time)

Safe behaviours: Sun Safety Road Safety

Safe behaviours: Railway safety Water safety

Being Me in My World Celebrating Difference Dreams and Goals Healthy Me Relationships Changing Me

Includes lessons on self-identity, group identity, responsibilities, consequences, teamwork and introduces the Jigsaw Charter

Includes lessons on similarities & difference, bullying, stereotyping, racism, discrimination, celebrating differences and individuality Includes lessons on aspirations, goals, challenges, teamwork, resilience, jobs & careers and simple budgeting